A wave of Democrats are calling for Rep. Randy Fine (R-Fla.) to be formally reprimanded or to resign over a social media post he made saying he would choose dogs over Muslims.
Fine posted on X on Sunday: “If they force us to choose, the choice between dogs and Muslims is not a difficult one.”
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) in a statement Tuesday called Fine “a disgrace to the United States Congress” and “an Islamophobic, disgusting bigot.” Jeffries called on Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and House Republicans to respond, slamming them for continuing “to remain silent.”
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The Rev. Jesse Jackson, the two-time presidential candidate and activist who was the dominant figure in Black politics from the 1968 assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. until the emergence of former President Obama, died on Tuesday. He was 84.
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Democrats have made a new offer to the White House in negotiations to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, which shut down on Saturday over a fight centered on Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).
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Nearly a month after a wastewater spill into the Potomac River began, recovery efforts are ongoing. Read more. |
Whoopi Goldberg says she was neither Jeffrey Epstein’s friend nor girlfriend after being “dragged” for the appearance of her name in files related to the late convicted sex offender. Read more. |
A federal judge ruled the Trump administration could not again place Kilmar Abrego Garcia in immigration detention, accusing them of seeking to “rewrite the history of this case.”
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Vice President Vance dismissed the idea that there is a “conflict” brewing between him and Secretary of State Marco Rubio amid speculation that both men are considering presidential runs in 2028.
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Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) hit back at conservative influencer Laura Loomer on social media Tuesday after Loomer said she expected Greene to “do nothing but attack President Trump” through the midterms in November.
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Tricia McLaughlin, a top spokesperson and assistant secretary for public affairs at the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), plans to leave her role.
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